FROZEN promised to take the audience on an emotional journey and it certainly delivered.

In Briony Lavery's play, presented by The Nonentities, housewife, Nancy Shirley (Julie Innes), sends her 10-year-old daughter, Rhona, to visit her grandma's house but she never arrives.

Twenty years later, following his arrest for the unsuccessful abduction of a young girl, Ralph Wantage (Chris Clarke) admits to abduction and murder of seven other children - including Rhona.

Dr Agnetha Gottmundsdottir (Elizabeth Batstone) is investigating Ralph's psyche to verify her theories in her thesis "Serial Killing - A Forgivable Act?" while battling her own demons.

Innes's performance as the distraught mother was so moving that I started to feel her character's pain as she tried to come to terms with what had happened.

Clarke portrayed troubled Ralph very well and I did not want to be sitting as close to him as I was, as he began to scare me.

Batstone also gave a strong performance as the American academic who slowly began to understand Ralph a bit better.

The Studio's intimate setting was perfect for this powerful and thought-provoking production. I definitely recommend it. HL